Although not well known in the UK, Lewis is one of the best conteporary US novelists. This, set on the coast of Maine, is a sort of parable of contemporary American society.
The Nobel Prize winner's new novel is set against the backdrop of the 1954 CIA-backed military coup against the putatively pro-communist Guatemalan government: a story of high politics, corr... read more
A translation of the novel which won the 2015 International Prize for Arabic fiction. It follows one man's turbulent life through Tunisian politics, from his student days to his career as a ... read more
Mary Jocelyn, who leads a quiet but happy life with her widowed father at Dedmayne Rectory, is thrown into emotional disarray by an unexpected love affair. First published in 1924, it was pi... read more
A scientist's investigations into light and motion are used to develop ways of tracking workers' movements. The dizzying narrative encompasses an experimental sci-fi film, military drone tec... read more
A swirling historical epic, published in India, which follows a quest for the essence of Sufism and the heady fragrance of ishq-e haqeeqi - love for the divine. From Afghanistan to Granada, ... read more
Calloo callay - another slim and gripping novel from la Moss, who is much admired at Sandoe's... A woman breaks quarantine for a breath of air but things don't go according to plan. A novel ... read more
Set in Florence and spanning three generations of women, this novel centres on the catastrophic floods of 1966 and the international volunteers - the 'angels of mud' - who helped.
Set in the Gaeltacht, these stories by Ireland's greatest C20th Irish-language writer delve into the customs and hardships of Western Ireland's rural communities with empathy and quiet illum... read more
The teenage protagonist hears voices from the inanimate objects around him. Seeking refuge in a library, he finds a book that helps him to narrate his own life.
A mysterious philanthropist travels up and down a stretch of Canadian coast delivering books to people who live too far from libraries. This novella was first published in 1933.
Nature, bereavement, oddness, optimism, philosophy, love, ethics, climate change and extra-planetary experiences... Powers is an outstanding writer and there's nothing gimmicky about his pro... read more
A finely-spun novel about a potter, of living, loving, fanaticism and creativity, allegory and myth. From a highly regarded and intelligent writer, also published by Christopher MacLehose.
Compassionate novel set in Cyprus and its civil war, before moving to contemporary London where a young woman tries to unearth her family's past and finds love, loss, displacement and hope.